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Where all that Olympic money goes Its members call it, with an almost religious conviction, “the Olympic Movement,” or “the Movement” for short, always capitalized. At the very top of “the Movement” sits the International Olympic Committee, a nonprofit run by a “volunteer” president who gets an annual “allowance” of $251,000 and lives rent-free in…
Funding Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit against Gawker? That’s not cool. Actively going out to find potential plaintiffs who might have cases against Gawker and then giving them the money to bring those cases? Even that’s not cool. You know what’s cool? Reinventing the concept of philanthropy so as to include weapons-grade attacks on America’s free press,…
Those yellow clothing-collection bins behind your local gas station or convenience store aren’t actually particularly charitable, according to a Reveal investigation. Not only will your donations likely not be helping hungry kids in Africa, they may be directly supporting a Danish international fugitive named Mogens Amdi Petersen. Most bins of this type, which have cropped…
gallery js end gallery js start of gallery code fullscreen A little bit more than four months from opening, a thin film of dust covers everything. Only a handful of exhibits have been installed. Still, it is already clear that the National Museum of African American History and Culture is stunning. A Smithsonian more than…
In a sign of the continuing chaos at the top of the $12 billion Hershey charity, the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office is seeking the resignation of three long-standing board members at the Hershey School for poor children, according to a letter from the office obtained by the Inquirer. /.block__thumb /.fitcenter Advertisment of Gallery: …
Richard Conniff When people talk about natural history museums, they almost always roll out the well-worn descriptive “dusty,” to the great exasperation of a curator I know. Maybe he’s annoyed because he’s spent large sums of his museum’s money building decidedly un-dusty climate-controlled storage sites, and the word implies neglect. (“Let me know,” the curator…
In for a penny, in for a pound. I want to clarify a few things, based on some feedback: 1. I love NPR. I hope it thrives forever. 2. I think NPR is filled with amazing, creative, brave, smart journalists. 3. I think that it’s possible to simultaneously love NPR and be very worried about…
Hi everyone. Today, while driving past a pizza place, I noticed something: The dude who normally stood at the corner wearing a toga and spinning a giant arrow sign pointing the way to the shop had been replaced by what looked like a cardboard cutout. It was holding the giant arrow, but the sign was hooked to…
Mayor Bill de Blasio gave an upadate on the Legionnaires’ Disease outbreak in the South Bronx. Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Basset is to his right and Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito is on his left. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Jeff Mays MANHATTAN — Top officials at a Manhattan nonprofit gave themselves hundreds of thousand dollars…
Photo by neiljs on Flickr One of the greatest things about freelancing is that although we’re often very busy, we can choose to be “off” during 9-5 hours. This means that we can visit uncrowded museums and attend other midday events, which are often hellish on the weekends. Here are 6 reasons you should take a…